anti-semitism in poland

A sign at the entrance to the village of Malinowo, Poland. (Google Maps)

Polish Holocaust scholars sued for suggesting mayor who saved a Jew helped kill 22 others

One historian’s defended from libel charges was to say she’s not certain of the allegation, adding she merely sought to “report on testimonies.”

Members of the Wagabunda Scouts troop haul a fallen tree out of the the Jewish cemetery of Nowe Miasto, Poland on Nov. 11, 2020. (Julia Bandurska)

This non-Jewish leader is working to clean up Poland’s forgotten Jewish cemeteries

Michał Laszczkowski’s Cultural Heritage Foundation, which originally focused its work on non-Jewish sites, is connecting organizations with Jewish cemeteries to help clean and preserve them.

Przemysław Czarnek. (Courtesy of Przemysław Czarnek)

Polish politician who called Holocaust memorial a ‘scandal’ appointed education minister

Przemysław Czernek of the ruling Law and Justice party was selected to become Poland’s education and science minister in a cabinet reshuffle.

Rafał Trzaskowski poses for a picture in parliament in Warsaw, Poland on April 14, 2016. (Wikimedia Commons/Adrian Grycuk)

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Polish state TV incited hatred against Jews, media ethics panel says

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Leading presidential hopeful would ‘satisfy Jewish claims’ for Holocaust restitution, Polish state TV warns

Demonstrators protesting US legislation requiring the return of property stolen from Jews in the Holocaust in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 11, 2019. (Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Polish leaders block resolution that would have stopped restitution of property lost during the Holocaust

A man wearing a fake hooked nose and carrying a sign warning readers not to "tell the the truth about the Jew" at the annual procession of the carnival in Aalst, Belgium on Feb. 23, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

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Europe’s modern anti-Semitic carnivals are carrying on a centuries-old tradition

Janusz Korwin-Mikke speaking at the Polish parliament in Warsaw on June 26, 2015. (Adrian Grycuk/Wikimedia Commons)

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Far-right lawmaker in Poland says natural selection at pogroms made Jews powerful

nna Stupnicka-Bando, the 90-year-old president of the Polish Association of the Righteous Among the Nations, entering one of the From the Depths taxis for saviors of Jews in Warsaw, Poland on Jan. 29, 2020. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

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In Warsaw, elderly Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust have a free taxi service

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Polls suggest anti-Semitic attitudes are on the rise in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Russia

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